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| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? @olica the DAC will have a much larger impact on the sound character, regardless of where it is getting its audio data from. Changing the data source into that DAC will not be able to significantly change that character, and is instead probably be... | |
| Did any Amp help you understand lyrics better? I have experienced improvements in lyrics/dialogue clarity from switching amplifiers as well as from DACs and also preamps. In particular every time I switch equipment in our theater, I will play back Moulin Rouge since it has such complex music a... | |
| Question For Those That Watch Movies/TV Through Your Two Channel System I just watched a Blu-ray movie in 5.1....could hardly understand the words. That's true of tv as well.....sometimes it comes through fine...other times bad. I think they produce it at a low resolution rate.One thing you could try is disconnecti... | |
| Question For Those That Watch Movies/TV Through Your Two Channel System @ericsch The primary benefit of a center channel is to lock the dialogue (or other centered sounds) into coming from the location of the display for people who are not sitting equidistant from the left and right speakers (assuming the main speaker... | |
| Downside to R2R Ladder DACs? @cheeg the section labeled "Oven Control" in the Lavry DA924 user manual may be informative. The DA924 (DA2002 for consumers) was often considered a "gold" standard in professional audio DACs and not just for its color.The specific sentence releva... | |
| Subwoofers masking other frequencies. Sounds like destructive interference. You'll need to adjust delay/phase/position to ensure the sound from all the subs and your main speakers arrive at your seating position at the same time. Room EQ Wizard can help by measuring each speaker and s... | |
| Splitting HDMI? @kythyn there are many integrated amps with USB input now, so I think it would mostly depend on your budget and if you have any particular preference in sound quality.If you're looking for something $1000 or less, a couple of Internet-direct optio... | |
| Splitting HDMI? @kythyn the Alienware X51 has USB ports built-in, so getting an integrated amp with USB audio input is probably your easiest and most cost effective solution. Depending on what your subwoofer is, the integrated amp may need to have an extra set of... | |
| All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?! I am extremely impressed with the sound produced by the Magico A5 speakers. The midrange is excellent and an improvement over the A3, the bass is tight, clean, and sounds effortless like a well-integrated high-quality subwoofer, and the soundstage... | |
| Atmos Height Speaker Height...How High? The distance will need to be addressed via your choice of height speakers, processor capabilities, and amplification power, but I don't see why the height should completely rule it out given you have a large room. Especially as it seems like you s... | |
| Projector comparisons @esthlos13 you could also consider a long HDMI cable that uses active transmission (chips at the send and receive connectors), as an alternative to HDBaseT. | |
| Projector comparisons @esthlos13 Projector People is an online retailer of projectors and accessories. You can find them by using a search engine.In my experience JVC's projectors provide superior image quality, and I've also heard good things about Sony in previous ye... | |
| Help a newbie understand The dB and % is telling you how much the incoming signal is being reduced or increased. At 0, whatever is coming in is the same as what's going out (e.g. 1V in -> 1V out). At +6 it is double (e.g. 1V in -> 2V out).The Technics SU-G700 says i... | |
| Superb Bryston BDA-3.14 Well, well, well the 16 year old at Bryston done got forgotten to install the afpfs and afpcmd binaries. Gosh darn Bryston, how did that happen?@shaunmccullagh is there any reason you aren't using SMB sharing from your macOS system? The File Shari... | |
| Lumin X1 with Innuous Zenith Mk3 Question @ozzy The X1 USB connection can be used to attach a USB hard disk or flash drive, or to output audio to an external DAC, but it cannot be used as a USB audio input like snackeyp is looking for. |